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By R.A.R.
One hears, these days, that
there are thousands and thou-
sands of boys and girls across
the country who do not have
enough food to eat.
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In this area we wonder
where they are.
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We do not see them, and
we would be humiliated if
we learned that there are
such in our midst.
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Thus, it is interesting this
week, to take a quick look at
that situation in Mount Joy.
It is especially interesting in
view of the “community bet-
terment” meeting which was
held Monday night at the
borough building. Relatively
few people in the communi-
ty know exactly how the So-
cial-Welfare association, for
example, operates in Mount
Joy.
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First of all, it is not, real-
ly, a Social Welfare associa-
tion. More realistically named
it would be the Welfare asso-
ciation.
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In this community there is
a relatively small group of
people who keep themselves
tuned to the needs of people.
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When a case of need for
food or fuel comes to those
who form the association, an
investigator immediately has
a look into the situation and
makes a report. If there is
need, an order is issued and
there is quick assistance.
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In emergency cases, the in-
vestigation even may be by-
passed.
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Money for this work comes
from the United Funds drive
directly into the treasury of
the association. A budget is
drawn up yearly and U. F.
pays over to Mount Joy in
cash that amount. It varies
from $1,500 to $1,800. In re-
cent years that has been suf-
ficient to meet the local need,
as it has been revealed to the
association.
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An official of the associa-
tion said this week that there
is no reason for any person
in this borough to go hungry
and that as far as he knows,
no one really does.
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It is the functon and the
objective of the association to
see that no one does.
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Here are some additional
bits of information about how
the community operates in
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VOL. 70. NO. 32
MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1971
TEN CENTS
Propose In-Depth Survey of Boro
With courtesy and con-
cern — but with something
less than enthusiasm — 25
people Monday night, Jan. 11
heard a strong plea that Mt.
Joy be surveyed to learn
“what Mount Joy needs.”
Meeting at the borough
building, representatives of
various community organiza-
tions gathered at the invita-
tion of a Chamber of Com-
mittee to explore the possi-
bility of looking into some
community betterment pro-
jects.
Al Newlin, member of the
C. of C. board of directors,
proposed that a poll be taken
and asked for seven volun-
teers to help organize the
project. However, he had no
enthusiastic support. There
were no whole-hearted volun-
teers. Besides himself, he re-
ceived three qualified offers
to help.
In a “vote of confidence”
asking for the proposed sur-
vey, Newlin received eleven
affirmative indicatons on a
show of hands.
Attending the meeting were
24 local ctizens and one Lan-
caster newspaper reporter.
There were 18 men and six
women, including five of the
nine members of the Mount
Joy Borough Council.
On the ‘vote of confidence’
which was phrased several
different ways, the question
centered on whether or not
the frame of mind of the
meeting was in accord with
the proposal to proceed with
the survey. There were no
votes against the study. Those
whe did not vote “for” simp-
ly abstained from voting.
The meeting originated
from the board of directors
of the Chamber of Commerce
which had named a four-man
committee — Newlin, Mervin
Nolt, James Heilig and Jos-
eph Sheaffer — to investi-
gate into the area generally
described as ‘“What’s the mat-
ter with Mount Joy?”
Selected to join the four
were Mrs. Donald Straub,
who acted as secretary of the
Monday night meeting, and
George Nauman, president of
the Mount Joy Community
Council.
It was the committee’s
thought that a eginning
place for any such investiga-
tion would be to make a sur-
vey of the community — a
face-to-face type poll of sev-
eral hundred people, asking
what they think Mount Joy
needs.
From the results of that
survey, the committee hopes
would come some kind of
concerted effort to take posi-
tive, forward steps to better
the community.
The request for seven vol-
unteers was for the purpose of
forming a survey group to
make the study. It was pro-
posed that the interviewers
would make some kind of in-
depth study with each per-
son contacted, sitting down
with each one for a talk a-
bout the community.
It was the element of time
involved for those who would
make the survey which ap-
peared to cool the meeting
toward the proposal.
Rotary President Charles
O. Groff proposed that the
members of the Chamber of
Commerce committee prepare
some kind of comprehensive
list of questions and then sit
dewn with the boards of dir-
ectors of the various organiz-
ations of the community and
thereby gain a community
cross-section opinion.
An attempt was made to
tie the study into the pro-
gram and aims of the Mount
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Memorial Day Parade Will Be Held in 1971
There will be a Memorial
Day parade in Mount Joy this
year!
At least, that was the decis-
ion Wednesday night, Jan. 6,
as the Community Council
held its first meeting of the
new year in the borough buil-
ding.
President George Nauman
was in charge.
Tentatively, the = parade
date was set as Saturday,
May 29.
Although no parade chair-
man has been named, Presi-
dent Nauman is hopeful that
leadership can be announced
soon and that plans can be
launched for the big event.
Already, he said, there
have been inquiries from out-
of-town people who are inter-
ested in Mount Joy's annual
event.
Decision to stage the par-
ade was in itself adequate -in-
dication that the Community
Council as a functioning body
is to continue its organization
in Mount Joy.
In recent months there has
been an open examination of
the group’s place in the com-
munity and the agenda for the
January meetin called for a
decision as to whether or not
the group should continue.
Fourteen people attended
last week’s meeting and there
was a definite feeling that
the Council, its efforts for
guiding the Memorial Day ac-
tivity and for holding other
community groups into some
form of organization are
worthwhile
President Nauman summed
it up by saying that in ans-
wer to questions raised re-
cently, “The Community
Council has a dfinite future
and can serve the communi-
iy
A number of individuals
and organization representa-
tives, the president said, have
talked with him recently and
some have made some very
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To Present Donegal District Study Plan
Probably the best intro-
spective look Mount Joy ever
has had of itself will be put
on display on Wednesday
night, Jan. 20, when a Done-
gal Area Comprehensive
Plan is unveiled for the first
time.
The plan is the result of a
two-year study of Mount
Joy, Marietta and East Done-
gal township, made by the
three municipalities, cooper-
ating with the Community
Planning section of the Lan-
caster, County Planning Com-
mission,
The study, now available
in book form, will be presen-
ted at the Jan. 20 meeting,
to be held at the Donegal
"Of This and That’
Spring may not be “just
around the corner,” for after
all, it’s not quite the middle
of January yet. But our
sleuth on Bruce avenue tells
us he has a big vase of yel-
low forsythia in bloom!
Cut from a bush in the
back yard just before Christ-
mas, it was showing signs of
swelling during the mild
weather we had at that time.
In the wamth of the house,
it has continued to open up,
and now gives a ‘sneak pre-
view” of spring!
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We had a nice letter last
week from J. Harold Backen-
stoe of Riverside, Pa., whose
mother, Mrs. Lillie Backen-
stoe, was the Bulletin’s Cheer
Club member one week in
December. We share it with
you:
“Many thanks for includ-
by the editor's wife
ing Mother in the Cheer Club
column. She received a tre-
mendous shower of cards,
many from people I'm sure
never knew her as a resident
of Mount Joy. She remarked
to me at Christmastime about
receiving one from a former
Wilmington, Del. resident,
now living in Mount Joy,
who thanked her for having
a part in making Mount Joy
such a nice place in which to
live. Thanks again.”
A part of our family took
an eight-day trip to Miami
during the holidays, and
came back loaded down with
tree-ripened fruit and Geor-
gia pecans! Highlight of the
trip, which included Marine-
land, Busch Gardens, Silver
rrings, St. Augustine, the
Everglades, Daytona Beach
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H.S. Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m. And,
there will be discussion on
“where do we go from here?”
All interested persons in
the community — and there
should be many of them —
are invited to attend and to
hear details of the study and
of the long-range plan projec-
ted.
Results of the study & pro-
jected actions may very well
have a profound influence
upon how Mount Joy and its
area develops during the
next 10, 20, 30, 40 years and
THE BULLETIN'S
Cheer Club
Listed below is the name of
a shut-in, an elderly person,
or some other member of our
community to whom a card or
a message of any kind would
mean much. Your thoughtful-
ness will be deeply appreciat-
ed by them and their famil-
ies.
NN :
MRS. ESTELLA BRANDT
Duke Convalescent Residence
Lancaster, Pa.
Mrs. Brandt, whose home
is at 202 South Market St.,
Mount Joy, broke her hip in
a fall in September. She was
in the hospital for a time,
and is now convalescing at
the Duke Convalescent Resi-
dence. She is 86 years old.
A daughter, Mrs. S. G. Phil-
lips, lives on Pinkerton road.
She also has another daugh-
ter and two sons.
longer.
Advance copies of the book,
compiled by the study, indi-
cate a wealth of basic mater-
ial needed to see the area as
it is, to assess its potential
and to serve as a guide in
charting the future.
So minute is the look at
the area that in its 150 pages
is information bearing on
scores of aspects of communi-
ty life.
In addition, there are
charts, maps, graphs, dia-
grams and other aids to help
understand the nature of the
community. :
So literally in depth is the
study that there is a section
dealing with the geological
structure of the soil’ and rock
formation upon which the
boroughs and township are
sitting.
Resources of every kind
are held up for observation—
living conditions, a critical
look at housing in all its de-
tails, how the people make
their living and how well
they live, how their govern-
ments function and by whom,
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Annual Library
Meeting Slated
The annual meeting of the
Mount Joy Library Center is
scheduled for Monday even-
ing, Jan. 25, at the library
center, beginning at 8 p.m.
PLAN CONTEST
Plans are now being made
by the Mount Joy Joycee-
ettes for their annual Valen-
tine King and Queen contest.
The contest is held for the
benefit of the Donegal Dental
Clinic.
Name Hostetter
Asst. Postmaster
Announcement was made
this week of the official ap-
pointment of Gerald Hostet-
ter, 68 West Donegal street,
as assistant postmaster of
the Mount Joy post office.
He succeeds Joseph Shacf-
fer, who has been made post-
master.
Hostetter, who entered the
postal service April 1, 1950
as a substitu'2 clerk, has
been regular carrier in the
borough’s west ward since
Dec. 1, 1955.
Although Hostetter has been
serving in the capacity of as-
sistant postmaster for several
weeks, the official appoint-
ment was not made until as
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Jaycees Set to Mark
National ‘Week’
The Mount Joy Jaycees
will be celebrating Jaycee
week next week with events
planned from Sunday thru
Saturday.
Co-chairmen Dennis Fack-
ler and John Harnish have
all plans prepared. However
the success depends on the
involvement of Jaycees and
the citizens of the town.
All citizens are invited to
the DSA banquet which is to
be held at Hostetter’s at 6:30
p.m. on Saturday evening,
Jan. 23. Tickets may be pur-
chased from Andy Reymer,
Dennis Fackler, or John Har-
nish.
Guests attending. the Janu-
ary Jaycee meeting were Rav
Bair, Johnson Ebersole, and
several men from an area
blood bank. Twenty-five local
Jaycees were present.